SUMMER GROUP BLACK LIST 37 



59. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 



Black and white Carmine and white. 



S-S}i. Head, entire neck, and interscapulars, pure black ; 

 rump, white ; wings and tail, black, with white markings ; 

 breast and under wing-coverts, rich rosy red ; otherwise, 

 below, white ; carmine requires 2 or 3 years for perfec- 

 tion ; 2 , above, flaxen-brown ; below, white ; dark-streaked 

 throughout; median and superciliary lines, whitish ; dark 

 eye-stripe ; wings and tail, unmarked ; breast, sometimes 

 saffron. 



Breeds in W. Pa., N. N. J., and northward, but rarer north of 

 Mass. ; nest, in tree or shrubbery ; eggs, about June ist, 3-4, green- 

 ish, spotted ; handsome and a fine singer. 



60. BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 



Black and orange. 

 TYz-Z. See 88. 



61. SCARLET TANAGER. 



Scarlet and black Scarlet. 



7>^. Entirely scarlet, except black wings and tail ; ? , 



olive-green above, yellowish below. 



Rather general, but not abundant, up to northern part of N. E. and 

 in Ad'r'ks ; nest, inartistic, in tree or thicket, not far from ground ; 

 eggs, latter part of May, 3-5, pale greenish-blue, thickly spotted ; 

 brilliant, but not very interesting. 



62. ORCHARD ORIOLE. 



Black and chestnut. 



7. Entire head, neck, and back, black ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts, chestnut ; wings, black, white-barred ; tail, 

 black, with a little chestnut ; below, throat and upper 



